The New Great Game

OK, I know we said we were taking time off but you’ve emailed us
for commentary about the latest global conflict. So, here it is.

What’s all the fuss about Russia and Georgia? It’s oil! Georgia
is a strategic fulcrum for oil flow to the west and the latest war
has Vladimir Putin’s fingerprints all over it.

First we reach into the SOS program archive grab bag for an
interview with Lutz Klevemann in 2004 about his book, “The New
Great Game, Blood and Oil in Central Asia.” (www.newgreatgame.com)
Lutz’s predictions are haunting now.

Then we follow with an interview featuring Richard Maybury,
(www.richardmaybury.com) publisher of the “Early Warning Report,”
which accurately predicted in the early 1990s that Central Asia was
the world’s upcoming hot spot, aptly naming the region “Chaostan.”

Last week an Idaho man reported to prison for managing a wetland
which is almost never wet. This latest in a series of stupid
prosecutions taking place around the country will sizzle your
cookies when you hear what happened. Bryan Seltzer of the Idaho
Values Alliance guests. (www.idahovaluesalliance.com)

We skip the boralogue. Aw, come on! You can’t have everything
when I’m supposed to be on vacation!